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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Repeat

/(-p?t")/ · Re·peat · IPA /ɹɪˈpiːt/
01 v. t. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating
  1. 1.
    To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
    “Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish.” Milton.
  2. 2.
    To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    To repay or refund (an excess received).(Scots Law)
Phrases & compounds
To repeat one's self — to do or say what one has already done or said.
To repeat signals — to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.
02 n. The act of repeating; repetition.
  1. 1.
    The act of repeating; repetition.
  2. 2.
    That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
  3. 3.
    A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.(Mus.)